Lawmen looking into theft of It's a Girl Thing purse

By STAFF REPORTS / Daily News

Published: Monday, May 20, 2013 at 02:16 PM.

NICEVILLE – Lawmen are investigating a purse-napping in which the thief smashed a car window to get an It’s a Girl Thing purse.

A woman called Niceville Police on May 8 to report the theft. The driver told police she’d gone to St. Jude’s Espicopal Church on Partin Drive and had been inside about 5 minutes when a man told her the rear driver-side window of her car had been broken out. She went outside to look at the damage, then called police.

A Niceville Police officer immediately canvassed the area, looking for suspicious activity, but found nothing. Another officer searched surrounding area to see if the thief had thrown away the purse, but didn’t find it.

The woman said the purse, from a store called It’s a Girl Thing, contained $80 in cash, a debit card, her driver license, her military dependent ID card, a wallet, a brush, lip gloss, and mints. Lawmen found a sunglass case on the ground next to the car and the woman confirmed it was hers. A lighter found nearby did not belong to the woman; lawmen plan to have it checked for DNA evidence.

The case is pending until the DNA test is finished.

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NICEVILLE – Lawmen are investigating a purse-napping in which the thief smashed a car window to get an It’s a Girl Thing purse.

A woman called Niceville Police on May 8 to report the theft. The driver told police she’d gone to St. Jude’s Espicopal Church on Partin Drive and had been inside about 5 minutes when a man told her the rear driver-side window of her car had been broken out. She went outside to look at the damage, then called police.

A Niceville Police officer immediately canvassed the area, looking for suspicious activity, but found nothing. Another officer searched surrounding area to see if the thief had thrown away the purse, but didn’t find it.

The woman said the purse, from a store called It’s a Girl Thing, contained $80 in cash, a debit card, her driver license, her military dependent ID card, a wallet, a brush, lip gloss, and mints. Lawmen found a sunglass case on the ground next to the car and the woman confirmed it was hers. A lighter found nearby did not belong to the woman; lawmen plan to have it checked for DNA evidence.